US3784002A - Multiple container carrier and individual container lid arrangement - Google Patents

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US3784002A
US3784002A US3784002DA US3784002A US 3784002 A US3784002 A US 3784002A US 3784002D A US3784002D A US 3784002DA US 3784002 A US3784002 A US 3784002A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/50—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed otherwise than by folding a blank
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
    • Y02W30/00—Technologies for solid waste management
    • Y02W30/50—Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies
    • Y02W30/80—Packaging reuse or recycling, e.g. of multilayer packaging
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S229/927—Means for tearing or breaking rigid or semirigid thermoplastic container

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  • ABSTRACT A multiple container package for cans and the like having outward chime, rim or bead formations at the upper ends thereof and in which there is provided a carrier in the form of a resilient deformable sheet of plastic material preformed to provide downwardly open recessed pockets receiving the upper end portions of containers arranged in side by side relationship in the package with the material around the open end of each pocket stretched to pass over an associated chime or rim formation and then resiliently contracted as a gripping edge in engagement with the container wall beneath the chime formation for assembly of the containers in the package and transport thereof, the material of the plastic sheet forming the closed end of each pocket being joined to the adjacent gripping edge by a substantially inert or relaxed annular wall portion which has been stretched beyond its elastic limit; and the carrier sheet being provided with weakened web portions between adjacent containers in the package permitting selective removal of one or more containers from the package with the remnant recessed sheet material remaining attached thereto and separately removable to permit opening of the container proper and dispensing of the contents thereof and then reusable as a re
  • the carrier sheet is apertured in accordance with the packaged container arrangement and the upper ends of the containers, such as cans arranged in a six pack, are projected through corresponding apertures in the carrier sheet with the edge material around each aperture variously engaging the can bodies and bead formations.
  • the cans may be manipulated in various ways, as by twisting, tilting or the like, to separate an individual can from the package.
  • the carrier sheet has been formed with downwardly open recesses or pockets receiving the upper ends of cans or similar containers with the sheet material of the pockets gripping the container chime formations and the body walls therebelow.
  • a pocketed carrier sheet with the tops of individual containers disposed in corresponding pockets with the material around the open end of each pocket serving as a resilient gripping edge engaging the body wall of an associated container beneath the chime or rim formation to secure the containers together in the package for transport, and with the closed ends of the pockets and connecting annular portions enclosing the tops of the containers and sides of the chime formations, respectively.
  • An object of the invention is to provide such a package wherein the carrier sheet includes web portions between adjacent containers with lines of weakness facilitating selective removal of one or more containers from the package with the pockets and included web portions remaining attached to the removed containers.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a package substantially of the above type wherein the individual pocket and web formations may be conveniently removed from an associated container permitting opening of the container and dispensing of contents therefrom and wherein the pocket and web formation may be reapplied as a reclosure lid to the opened container when only part of the contents is dispensed.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a package substantially of the above type wherein the annular connecting wall between the closed end and the gripping edge of each pocket formation is substantially inert and flexible, as by being initially stretched beyond its elastic limit, to facilitate application and removal as a reclosure lid, and to accommodate container chime or rim formations of varying dimensions and shapes, since the essential gripping of the container is by the gripping edge around the open end of each pocket.
  • FIG. 1 is a fragmentary top plan view of a multiple container package
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a container and attached pocket and web formation removed from the package of FIG. I;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary side view of the container assembly of FIG. 2, partly in section on the line 3-3, showing the pocket formation;
  • FIG. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of a multiple container package with a modified form of carrier
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a container and attached web and pocket formation removed from the package of FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 6 is a fragmentary top plan view of still further modified carrier for a multiple container package.
  • FIG. 7 is a fragmentary side section showing a web and pocket formation in association with a modified flanged or rimmed container.
  • the carrier sheet is shown with a package of ten or more containers 10 arranged in pairs.
  • the carrier sheet is provided with central square apertures 12 along the length thereof with the transverse apices in line with transverse lines of weakness 14, 14a in webs of the carrier sheet between pairs of container receiving pocket formations l6 and 16a and with the longitudinal apices in line with longitudinal lines of weakness 18 in webs of the carrier sheet between pairs of longitudinally disposed pocket formations 16, 16a.
  • the invention contemplates that the apertures 12 need not be square but alternatively may be made curvilinear.
  • the lines of weakness may be provided by scoring, perforating and the like, and the transverse lines of weakness 14, 14a terminate at the outer side edges of the carrier sheet in inward notches or slits 20, 20a, respectively.
  • the slits 20, 20a facilitate initial removal of one or more containers from the carrier by separating along the lines of weakness I4 and 18 and one such removed container 10 with its attached pocket formation 16 is shown in FIG. 2 with a remnant web 22 attached and presenting enlarged corner gripping surfaces 22a, 22b for leverage in removing the pocket formation from the removed container.
  • FIG. 3 for a detail description of a pocket formation 16 which includes a cover or protective lid portion 24 integral with an annular wall portion 26 which, in turn, is integral with a gripping edge portion 28 at the open end of the pocket formation.
  • the radius R of the cover portion 24 is less than the radius Ry of the pocket aperture defined by the gripping edge portion 28.
  • This radius Ry is, in turn, less than the radius Rx of the rim formation 30 on the container and also slightly less than the radius of the container body below the rim formation.
  • the annular wall portion 26 is shown as being slightly thinner than the cover 24 and web 22 and this results from initial cold forming of the plastic sheet to form the pockets with the material of the annular side wall 26 stretched beyond its elastic limit to render the same substantially inert and flexibly relaxed.
  • the annular wall portion 26 does not enter into the gripping and support of an included container which is essentially gripped only by the gripping edge 28.
  • the wall portion 26 is shown at the left of FIG. 3 as generally conforming to the container rim formation 30, this is because of the dimensioning of that rim formation. If the rim formation were smaller in vertical or radial extent, the wall portion would assume the loose or re- Iaxed position indicated by the dotted lines 26a at the right of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 7 where the container 10a is of the type having a thin radial flange a as the rim formation.
  • the cover portion 24 will more or less seat on the flange as the gripping edge portion 28 grips the container body wall therebelow.
  • the wall portion 26 will be relaxed in folds as in accordion fashion or otherwise depending on the extent of wall material available relative to the dimensioning of the rim formation.
  • FIGS. 4 and 6 Modifications of the carrier sheet are shown in FIGS. 4 and 6.
  • the carrier sheet includes the central openings 12 and the transverse lines of weakness 14, 14a as well as the longitudinal lines of weakness 18 along the respective webs of the carrier sheet between pocket formations 16, 16a.
  • the carrier sheet combines certain features of the carrier sheets of FIGS. 1 and 4.
  • This carrier sheet includes the central openings 12 and the transverse lines of weakness 14, 14a, as well as the longitudinal lines of weakness 18. However, the side edges of the sheet have alternate cut outs 36, 36a and notches or slits 38, 38a, thus dividing the carrier sheet pockets into groups of four.
  • the four container groups may be removed as a unit, preferably by separating the same along the lines of weakness 14, 14a from the apices of the cut outs 36, 36a, respectively, thus leaving intermediate notches 38, 38a to facilitate subdividing the group by removing one or a pair of containers, as desired. With such sub-division, there will remain enlarged corner gripping surfaces 40, 40a and 42, 42a to facilitate removal of pocket formations from a container to be opened.
  • the apertures 12 which may be of any desired shape, serve as finger or handle grip apertures in transporting the package.
  • the ends of the web therebetween at the adjacent apertures 12 will serve as gripping or purchase edges for transport.
  • selected groups of two or more containers, or even one container may be removed from the original package. This may be accomplished by twisting or other manipulation to cause severance along the appropriate lines of weakness 14, 14a, 18 and such severance may be initiated along the notches 20 or 20a of FIG. 1, or the notches 38, 38a of FIG. 6.
  • Such a removed container and pocket formation from the package of FIG. 1 will appear as in FIG.
  • the pocket formation may be removed from the container by leverage manipulation of the remnant web, as by grasping the enlarged portions thereof, such as 22a, 22b, 42, 42a.
  • the flexible wall portion 26 facilitates this removal in that only the gripping edge 28 need be stretched to clear the container rim formation, that is, the wall portion 26 inherently offers no resistance to this manipulation.
  • the container may be opened in conventional manner, as by a can opener, or by manipulation of a pull tab if one is incorporated in the container lid for beverages and the like, or by removal of a peripheral band releasing the entire container lid formation including the head or rim.
  • the removed pocket formation serves as a convenient re-closure which can be easily applied to the open end of the container, requiring only stretching of the gripping edge 28 and this gripping edge will serve to grip the wait of those containers where the entire lid has been removed, leaving the container closed by the cover portion 24 and the wall portion 26 in completely relaxedor folded condition, such as in FIG. 7.
  • the carrier sheet is formed of a suitable resiliently deformable plastic material, such as polyethylene, and the wall portion when stretched to exceed its elastic limit may take on an opaque whitish color.
  • transverse lines of weakness terminate in slits directed inwardly from longitudinal edges of the carrier sheet.
  • a carrier for a plurality of containers with outward end rim formations comprising a sheet of resiliently deformable plastic material having downwardly open pocket formations arranged in side by side relationship for receiving end portions of containers and supporting the same, each pocket formation including a cover portion to overlie a container end and joined by a substantially inert and flexible annular wall portion to a reduced diameter gripping edge at the open end of the pocket to be stretched over the container rim formation and contracted into resilient gripping engagement with the container body wall therebelow, and with the annular wall portion adapting the pocket formations to container rim formations of varying dimensional configurations and facilitating application and removal thereof, and wherein the annular wall portions are stretched in excess of the elastic limit thereof to render the same substantially inert and flexible as compared to the remainder of the carrier sheet material.

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